Rahul Gandhi has seriously hurt image of Indian politician before the world: Arun Jaitley

New Delhi: Accusing Rahul Gandhi of “concocting” a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Congress President has seriously hurt the image of an Indian politician before the world at large.

Participating in the debate on ‘no-confidence motion’ in the Lok Sabha yesterday Gandhi said that Macron told him that there was no binding secrecy clause in the Rafale deal. The statement was denied by the French government.

“Rahul Gandhi, by concocting a conversation with President Macron, has lowered his own credibility and seriously hurt the image of an Indian politician before the world at large,” Jaitley said in a Facebook post.

The minister also hit out at the Congress President accusing him of trivialising the no-confidence motion debate stressing “facts are always



sacrosanct”.

“None should ever trivialise the debate. Those who desire to be Prime Minister never blend ignorance, falsehood and acrobatics.” In the post titled “Frivolity and the No Confidence Motion”, Jaitley said the lead participants in the debate are normally senior political leaders. They are expected to raise the level of political discourse.

“A Vote of No Confidence against the Government is a serious business. It is not an occasion for frivolity,” he said.

The minister said if a participant in the debate happens to be a president of a national political party nourishing prime ministerial aspirations, every word he speaks should be precious. His facts should convey credibility.

The NDA government yesterday faced the no-confidence motion brought in by opposition in Parliament yesterday. The government won the motion by 325 against 126 votes in the Lok Sabha.